#SAITEK X 56 SOFTWARE#
#SAITEK X 56 SIMULATOR#

Seven extra three-way toggle switches and two rotaries allow users to customize the X-55 system to their own specifications. To provide a product with the highest level of control and customization, the X-55 Rhino includes additional realistic toggles and rotaries, orientated around the throttle base. Throttle levers locked in left view and unlocked in right view According to Mad Catz, вЂњUsing a twin engine throttle controller is the only suitable method for manipulating a simulated twin-engine aircraft.вЂќ For simulating single engine, an easy to use throttle lock quickly converts the twin throttles into a single unit. The X-55 Rhino includes twin throttles and also provides the option to adjust the friction required to move them. The table below summarizes stick features and options: On the buttons and toggle side, users can assign any number of in-sim options, such as speed brake, flares, target lock, flour drop, weapon choice and/or other options provided by the particular aircraft. On the axis side, users can adjust dead bands and response curves to fine-tune axis to respond like the real aircraft.

#SAITEK X 56 SOFTWARE#

Saitek's new programming software for the X-55 provides the ability to completely customize all of the X-55 Rhino's axes and many buttons. The image below provides an expanded view of the springs and the removable parts for changing springs.Д®xpanded view of springs and removed mounting parts Users can choose any of the four springs, or no spring (such as for simulating helicopter cyclic stick), whichever best accommodates the userвЂ™s style of flying. X-55 RHINO features include enhanced 16-bit Hall Effect sensors (see below) in the joystick axes, and four swappable springs for the stick, so users can set their preferred stick tension. product.вЂќ Mad Catz suggests that whether users simulate flying modern military or civilian, single or multi-engine aircraft, вЂњthe X-55 RHINO supplies all the control surface options required achieving the exact level of aerial performance aspiring pilots demand.вЂќ The X-55 components are styled after modern fighter jet control systems, and according to Mad Catz, they were designed вЂњfrom a clean drawing board to deliver a variety of customizable options, not before seen in a H.O.T.A.S. The currently advertised price, pre-release, is $199.95 US. Significantly, several modern airliner and general aviation airplanes feature a side stick, such as Airbus and Cirrus airplanes.ДЄccording to Mad Catz, the X-55 RHINO was designed and developed to give flight simulation enthusiasts the most realistic flight experience possible, at an affordable price. The stick was centered between my knees in the three airplane models in which I flew with an instructor: T-34 Mentor (opposed piston), T-28 Trojan (reciprocating piston), and T2J Buckeye (turbojet) trainers. The throttle was on left side of the cockpit, slightly higher and to the left of my left knee. The independent placement feature works well for me, because I have very strong memories of the seven introductory training flights I experienced at Pensacola Naval Air Station several decades ago. The X-55 Rhino system includes separate but designed-to-match stick and throttle products, each with its own USB cable and connector, to provide for independent programming and physical placement. X-55 RHINO product, shown connected, with green accent lighting visible on the throttle Mad Catz announced the pending release of this product in December 2013, and at time of writing, the actual release to retailers is scheduled for early April 2014. Thankfully, Mad Catz offered me the opportunity to try out their new Saitek X-55 Rhino H.O.T.A.S.

#SAITEK X 56 SIMULATOR#

ItвЂ™s been many years since I operated a flight simulator airplane using a joystick and separate throttle, but I often fly simulated carrier launches and arrested landings in FSX, so itвЂ™s time to вЂњget realвЂќ by trying out a new product with the simulated U.S.

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